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"Last night, we made the decision to temporarily remove all knives and scissors from our shelves while we consider whether we should continue to sell them," said Kiri Hannifin, Countdown's general manager for safety.

"We want all of our team to feel safe when they come to work, especially considering the events of yesterday," she said in a media statement.

Other supermarket chains had also removed sharp knives from sale, local media reported.

https://news.trust.org/item/20210904013457-5nck0

Unbelievable! ... "we want our team to feel safe..."

"Last night, we made the decision to temporarily remove all knives and scissors from our shelves while we consider whether we should continue to sell them," said Kiri Hannifin, Countdown's general manager for safety. "We want all of our team to feel safe when they come to work, especially considering the events of yesterday," she said in a media statement. Other supermarket chains had also removed sharp knives from sale, local media reported. [Click this for article](https://news.trust.org/item/20210904013457-5nck0) https://news.trust.org/item/20210904013457-5nck0 Unbelievable! ... "we want our team to feel safe..."

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[–] [deleted] • 5 pts

Hardware store still carries hammers and hatchets.

I hate these authoritarian freaks.

[–] • 5 pts (edited )

hatchets.

which can be used to make pointy sticks and traps

hammers

which can be used to nail nails into baseball bats, or build catapults.

or break rocks into sharp spear points for spears.